"Damn, you've discovered our evil plans!" Dora said, striving for something far closer to her normal dry, somewhat morbid tones. "Whatever shall we do now that you've figured out how we're going to monopolize you for the year. I suppose we'll have to start Plan B."
She kenw her sister wasn't. Dora really did, though she worried. But sometimes even she had to really let someone know how she felt. She was so glad to have her siblings back in her life this year. In some ways, it had been utterly the best year of her life, even though she'd been physically ill for the majority of it in one fashion or another.